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Record Number: 34027


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When I took up the "[English] Review" I couldn't help saying (with a sigh) "Yet another gorgeous laudition of Francis Thompson—and by Austin Harrison—too bad!" But I soon found it a perfect contrast to all the others which had come in my way. [...] your review is as good as ever, in spite of the weak verse this month, one hungers for another Masefield.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1913 and 3 Aug 1913

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Furze Platt
county: Berkshire
specific address: Thistle Grove

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Henry Hudson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1841

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Field naturalist and author

Religion:

Protestant (Anglican) in childhood only

Country of Origin:

Argentina

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Austin Harrison

Title:

The Poetry of Francis Thompson

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

London, August 1913 (pp. 103-116 and other articles).

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

34027

Source:

Print

Author:

William Henry Hudson

Editor:

Denis Shrubsall

Title:

The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y.

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

2

Page:

475

Additional Comments:

Letter from Hudson to Austin Harrison (the editor of the 'English Review'), 3 August 1913, Furze Platt, near Maidenhead

Citation:

William Henry Hudson, Denis Shrubsall (ed.), The Unpublished Letters of W. H. Hudson, the First Literary Environmentalist, 1841-1922, (Lewiston, N.Y., 2006), 2, p. 475, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34027, accessed: 12 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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